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whether she is half full, full or other
wise and the weather that is to be ON the
morrow is ascertained. But where is
the woman who knows anything OF the
moons changes2 What docs she know
about last quarters, or first quarters. or
q dry moon or wet moon? Nothing
whatever. And perhaps it is just as
well. A woman Virgins would drive
us crazy.-[Boston Courier.
Fashion Notes.
Bustles grow smaller.
English round hats are worn with
tailor suits.
Tailor-made wraps are as fashionable
as tailor gowns.
Embroidered velvet figures prominent
ly in dress bonnets.
Black Persian lambskin is again in
vogue for short coats.
The knot is a f~avoritc pattern in gold
and silver inger-rings.
The coat basque with long vest is very
pretty for young ladies.
Embroidered bonnets are among the
novelties seen this season.
Wide black Hercules braid is a favor
tie trimming on wool suits.
The long pile furs are best for boas
and for bands on long wraps.
Bonnets of soft felt OF cloth are dec
Grated with feather stitching.
The average length Of the seal coat is
twenty-three Q twenty-sour inches.
The back Of the skirt is made bouffant
at a lower point this season than last.
and gold passamenterie is seen
on some elaborate black house costumes.
Stylish English suitings show fine
checks, also broken plaids Of contrasting
colors.
Cashmere and ladies' cloth represent
favorite fabrics for small girls winter
dresses.
French plaids in beautiful soft shades
now take the place Of the regular Scotch
tartans.
The Turkish cap, with small wings
for a trimming, is the newest round hal
from London.
Fur capes, reaching to the waist line
will again be worn with any kind Of
frock OF ulster.
The tight fitting jacket is still 4 q
the most stylish garments, and a yer,
convenient one.
Long tartan made wraps are trimmed
with fur and very stylish they are il
their fancy shapes
Cardinal cloth is a fabric much liked
for street cestumcs it being Of 9 yer,
fine, heavy texture.
Barred vclvets u pushes are quite q
stylish IS those with stripes for tn
underdress and vest.
Narrow watered ribbon will be uset
in the bows which form the trimming Q
many of the pretty new bonnets.
Wraps long VI short are not Is ye
worn trimmed with furs, but they vii
niA &#@ G%&4@ N%MM%
DO as the.scason advances.
The blue Nielsen ware is an excellen
imitation Of real Dresden porcelain, ant
it costs abouA one-third less.
The newest seal turbans have hig
conical crowns, fat on the top, AMI
edged with a brim Of otter, beaver, g
~caracal.
Many OF the handsomest tailor gowns
coats, and other wraps are richly braided
ma sometimes trimmed with bands 3
fur,
rolling brim ON some the
ported french mts IS exceedingly sly
lish, and large full plunacs finish "a
trimming
The newest Irish popiins conio j
Scotch plaids, clan t~artans, Prince |
wales blue and green, and also Frenc
coloring plaids,
Short coats Or jackets, long raglan
and listers, NeWInarkets and redlngotf
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A wonderfuIFood and Medicine,

Ancw labor moyement-Getting up in the
morning to make the fire when your wlft
calls Won
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.scnnsumntian Cnrc,,

The man who wrote 20, solitude, where are
thy chafms?' was a business man who didn't
odvartiSe
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daughters. Wives and aiothers.
Send Tor Pamphlet on Female Diseases. fres
securely sealed. Dr.. B. Narchisi. Utica, NY.
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A man may be behind iif 8is work and still
show push. This is so il a,e is wheeling a
harrow. AE
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rbe Cliff who Marry

W.
always read the wedding notices
aper said d louisville citizen,
an surprised II observe what \
VpoFtion 81 tho brides are work
Az not use the term work
ii Its commonly accepted
AsNsIy, thai Of girls who work In
Nak I include all those who
own living whether it be by
ksaehing dressmaking, working
l0f 6S j Numerous other occu-
ash afe now open ID the femi-
According To my observation
Naffy clef young doctors
Faiasoad men and Others,
spni subsequently, reach the
Ii business or the pro-
hl we'll 10 do young men
I'll hef Inherited or already
AsaacthIng Of i competency
Who are accustomed to
nRsiDn then, 40 you de.
eqi abservatiohsT
s2s2N on u that the average
II tie period i i much more
>sle$ a5f4eh4fhan mo uiva him
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woman ana Her plseases

The only people who are fond of getting in
to court are lawyers and young folks
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Ir il difficult TO pass tie butter al
some boaraing-house tables without
holding the nose.
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Coneumption Surely Cured.

won | v a mere Scratch as the hen OBJ
served when she turned up the worm.
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ROYAL GLUE mends everything Broken
China, Glass. Wood. Free Walls at Drugs ~ Gro
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is the title of a large illustrated treatise, by DR..
R.V. Pierce, Buffalo,N N. Y.,sent to any address
for ten cents in stamps. 1t teaches successful
self-treatInent
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KID 9 RS

a wise man is net inquisitive about things
im~p6Ftinent.
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q aAgMA A MONTH. agents Wasteds 90 best sell
"a Ing articles in the world. | sample Free.
@&nDW Address IA Detroit, Mich.
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AGENTS WANTED Y ~ hfpyEy.T saa E ~

Pensions 4 Ii FL lS s''s III: 'rss : I Big B'$.
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MmRNRN@ REcrphine Habit Cured I'm ID
@H&&HMNE# TO 20 days. NO pay till cured.
kSEVH DIR. ]. Stephens, LshaAon, 0his,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19

Prohibition teachings. Our impression
is that DIR. McDoNALD took no active
pnrt in the Prohibition campaign Of
1885.
Governor JOE BROwN figures on the
side Of the Observation-Disclosures. In the
speech referred TO above Mr.. GRADY
alluded to the reduction in Governor
BEowN's rent-roll, said TO have been
caused by Prohibition, but added that
il the report was true that was not a
good reason for opposing what had
proved itself to be SO salutary a
meaeure.
The anti-Prohibitionists have put out
a report that the Prohibitioniets have Of
fcred a reward of five hundred dollars
for the largest colored club Of voters who
vote their ticket on the day Of election /;
three hundred for the next largest, etc,
and that in order 10 get a colored man to
JOIN the club they offer TO give each who
joins five dollars, which is done under
the pretext that II is an initiation fee
into the club, which ispaid 10y the friends
OF the oolored men to the colorcd man,
but the FIVE dollars is not TO be paid I'M
til the colored man has gone with an
agent Of the Prohibitionists and cast his
vote on their side. That fact being Ger
tilted bock to the person holding the
money, the negro is to be paid the five dol
lar, under the name of an initiation fee
into the club, but, really and truly, five
dollors for his vote.
in fact, compared with the Atlanta
fight, the little battle which we had here
in Richmond a year or two ago was, rs
MHgoN said Of the battles during the
existence Of the hcptarchy in England
nothing but q battle Of kites and crows
Riemond was an iceberg as con;rasted
with the seycn-timcs heated furnace Of
excitement now burning in Atlanta.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19
THE RICHMOND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NOVEMBER 49, 1887.
ter long and exciting trial have been

ter a long and exciting trial have been
acquitted.
Yesterday train-hand named Thomas
Purnell was crushed to death at Tillery,
on tho Scotland Neck railroad.
Halifax county has suffered very Sc
we're losses by the floods in the complete
destruction of many Of its most import
ant bridges.
Mrs. Clarissa Williams, a well-known
lady of Alexander county, was found
dead last Sunday morning in her room
in the residence Of Il. Il. Linney, Esq,
Of Taylorsville, her son-in-hw.
II is announced that Judge Walter
Clark contemplates resigning ss a judge
of the Superior Court. He has made
one of the ablest and strictest judges the
State ever had.
A great interest is manifested in the
Baptist State Convention in session at
Durham. W. Il. Pace, Esq, Of this
city, is the new president The vice
presidents are G. ". Blount, OF VIII
son F. p. Hobgood, of Oxford II. A.
Brown, Of IIillsboro Treasurer, +. II.
Briggs, Of Raleigh Secretaries-N. b.
Broughton, and George W. Green
Trustees-C. Durham, Charles NJ. Cooke,
W. II. Pace, T. H. Briggs, and l.. X.
Mills.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19

Not long ago the Rev. LEONARD BA-
coN, who occupied a pulpit in Savannah,
Ga. preached a sermon that was not ac-
ceptable to the majority Of his congre-
CATION, and consequently he is atpresent
without a charge. As Mr.. BAcoY's ser
mon was political and strongly anti
southern, it was to be expected that the
organs would howl over the action of his
congregation. Yet it is amusing to see
how the Boston Hcr0id cut off the howl
before got well under way. The Hcraid
says:
The next thing in order is the ar
raigument OF the people OF savannah as
dsloyal because church there has voted
not to have Rev. Leonard W. Bacon as
is pastor Mr.. Bacon, it seems, had
lust preached q sermon in culogy Of
President Lincoln But before Mir
Murat ualsteid has had time TO howl,
the fact is developed that Mr.. Bacon's
warm,at supporters were eX-rehels, and
the Hartford CoUruH, published inacom~
munitv which knows him well. signii-
cantly remarks that he is supposed to
have inherited a fondncss for hot water
if We remember rightly, Mr.. Bacon is
the cCntlemfu who attacked the memory
Of My William Lloyd Garrison with con
siderable violence not long since.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19
Mrs. macAay SEES rh,ugs straight.

Mrs. Louise Hungerford Mackay tele-
graphs from London rs follows TO Il
friend in New York Il dare say you
have seen in the papers all the stories
that ere going the rounds about me, and
though / know you too well to believe
that Won would think them true, yet /
should like you know the true state Of
the facts. SO far from there being any
GOODNESS on the part of the Prince OF
Wales toward me, I have known His
Royal Highness for three years, and he
has always been most friendly and kind
during that time, and is so still. There
il not one word of truth in what the
Torn Topics asserts, that His Royal
Highness the Prince Of Wales has
coldly, cruelty, and deliberately cut Mrs.
Mackay The Prince has repeatedly re-
marked that he admired me because !
was always kind and socially inclined
toward my compatriots who come abroad,
and also because was so independent,
not allowing dictation from any one, even
from IL. X. II. The story has been
fabricated evidently ont OF petty
jealousy by some Of the many who are
enyious Of the success ] have had IN
English society when they have failed.
They say. further, that / induced Mrs.
Brown Potter TO leave Mrs Paran Ste
vens. II is simply shamefuliy false.
Mrs. Brown Potter only came to my
house to spend few days during Mrs.
Z. Steyens's absence in Paris as she did
not wish to remain quite alone IN hotel.
In the mean time Mrs. Brown Potter
and Mrs. y. Stevens quarrel.ed, and
when Mrs. Z. Stevens came back 20 Lon
don Mrs. b. Potter refused TO return 10
the hotel as Mrs. p. Stevens's guest and
remained with me mp to the time she
sailed for America. Mrs. 2. Steyensand
| are still good friends And again, so
far as Mrs B. Potter beng the means Of
bringing the Prince of Wales TO my
house. had already entertained T.. r.
II. before Mrs. 3. Potter came TO Lon
don The story Of the famous dia-
mond necklace is as popular as ever,
aud does not gain i'll truthfuInoss
by false repetltlons. The reality
was simply this: Lady Vaudeville,
being n compatriot and dear
friend of NINE begged to be allowed to
present me to the Queen when the
presentation should take place. This
was agreed upon before Mr.. Phelps
came as Minister to London. Hence the
reason that was presented at court by
Lady Vaudeville and not by our Minis
ter, Mr.. Phelps. The present | gave 10
Lady NJ, so far from being OF great
value, was n very simple and modest
goUccaU given to her in remembrance Of
the occasion. ] have never, in any man
ner or form, contributed TO Mrs. b. Pot
ter's debUt or given her one dollar to
purchase her theatrical wardrobe.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19


To-day week the voters OF Atlanta,
Ga, are going 10 vote again upon the
question OF prohibition. That city h.,
tested the policy ior two years. and we
should infer that tire people there must
be prepared to vote mt,i,igon,ly urou
the question. it would seem, indeed
that there ought not To Dee too opinions
on the subject any longer. The facts
ought 10 speak for Themselves. Vet the
Consultation is loadc4 10 the mulzie
every day with clectionccrng ammum-
tion-ammunition for thc Prohibitions
lists and ammunition for tue auu-Pro-
hibitionists-am which would
seem to le such ID, would do much
execution in genteei way, and ammuni-
ton that would cause the men Eho use
1t to disappear in a blaze Of glory them
selves instead OF hurting ,hc enemies for
whose destruction it WAS intended. The
Constitution is M fact douule.baTclled
gun; or rather % single-harroilcd gun
firing both ProMbitos and g'ti-Prohi-
bihon cartridge Perhaps We oueht to
say that it is cannon firing sbel and
shot into the ranks OF Jo:u ,lc coutcudiug
armies.
The most remarkable feature OF the
battle raging iu atlanta is that whilst
HENnY ". GRADY, E-q supposed 90 be
the edi,or-iD-cnH of tine cDaefifpliou,
is making able. eloquent, fiery, con-
vincinR speeches ina favor OF proiihi-
ton, Mr.. HowllL. said TO bo the largest
stockholder IA tine C.ns tution compa-
ny. and also ono OF us editors, is doing
equally as good service ON the other
side Mr.. GRADys FIRST prepared speech
in favor OF prohibition va~, we are lu-
clined to say the most we.eaty m4u-
ment NC have ever Rad on h,s side OF
the question It's closing paragraph
was fine specimen Of ornate oratory
originating IA brilliant Imagination
and translated into words by the gi.t of
huency of speech.
Tho negro voters occupy u command
ing position in atlanta ROM. They are
the objects Of as much attention as 81
they were the only voters there. One
negro preachers friends claim iaut they
Overcame the influence Of Senator Coz
QUIT. and secured the return OF thelr
fayorite preacher to Atlanta. Tire negro
says he never ia his li.c drank q drop Of
whiskey, and that the objection To hm
was that he would NOS proach Prohibition.
The Prohibitiopis.s coaccae tbat ANA
jority Of the negroca Will vote with their
opponents, bot clam a majority Of the
white voters The number Of voters J.
registered is by several thousand larger /
than the number registered two years
ago.
Two clergymen formerly pastors in
this city Rev. DR.. HAwrEoRsE and
Rev. Dr. MeDoSALD are amongst the
stampers now makiog Atlanta vocal wia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19

The Raleigh N0rs 0ad Observer, in
noticing the reports that are being pub
lshed regarding the wealth OF the new
Arizona coil-mne and the fact that peo-
pie are Hocking to the region Of the
ind, says:
"North Carolina boys had better not
bc tempted by such stories, however
More money is to be dug out OF the
ground og the Old North State with the
hoe and spade than ont Of any gold mine
with tine pchaXe. Infinitely more salts
action VIII 90 along with the digging,
t9o."
The same to Virginia boys. The fact is
the gold mines that is not a snare and u
dclasion isan exception. There is mil
lions in all Of them, but as a rule # is
put there by crcdulous stockholders. We
never hear of an effort 10 boom a new
goll.mine that we do not recall a remark
made TO us by a man who was interested
in gold-mining himself. Speaking Of
tie president OF an alleged bonanza, he
said "Oh, that fellow is after making
stock he doesn't expect to mine gold"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19
Work Comm euced.
Of the Richmond Dispatch,l

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch'
HENDERSON, y. c., Nov. II, 1897.
The work on this end of the Durham
and Northern railroad was formally com
menced here this morning under the
charge Of Major Charles Scott, chief
engineer. The first spadeful of dirt was
thrown by Mr.. d. T. Cooper, the di-
rector of the road from Henderson.
Rev T. J. Homer, Captain d. L. Young,
P. W. Wyche, Sr., and Hon, E. Z. Lyon,
the representative OF the Dutchyille
section carried off and dumped wheel
barrovs Of dirt filled by the large crowd
present. Mr.. Cooper in an opening
speech congratulated the people on the
beginning Of work, and in behalf Of
the authorities Of the road assured them
that it would be speedily completed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19
WILL ACT TOGETHER.
THE TWO REPUBLICAN, FACTIONS OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
Plantations for the Conventional Survey
Completed-Fire and suspected
Murder
lsnecInl teIcrram 70 lhe pI.pateh.l

RALEIGH. n. G., November 1S.-It
was positively asserted today by q
prominent Republican that there will be
no hitch on December l4th, when the
Mott aud Harris factions Of Republican
State Executive Committees are to meet
here. but that they will act together and
issue Joint call for state convention
10 be held about two weeks ahead OF the
next National Republican Convention.
The National Republican Executive
Committee Is 10 meet at Washington on
the stu of December to fix the time for
holding the latter convention.
The survey of the proposed railway
between shelby and Morganton has ueen
compiotel after two months OF hard
work. Work on the road will begin in 2
month.
I'm Vance county n house occupied by
a negro woman was found on fire and her
chlred body WIS discovered on the
floor. Both az her arms were found to
be- broken The general belief Is that
she was murdered and the house fired TO
conceal the crime. The authorities Will
make q careful investigation.
a movement looking TO the construc-
ton Of an independent railway line from
GoldshorO' to Charlotte is being agi-
tated.
John Stgnhousa's residence, in Neck
lenburg county, WAS burned night before
las- with all its contents. The loss IS
heavy, with no insurance
st Asheyille yesterday an important
case was argued. 1t was a suit brought
10y the United States and the Eastern
Bend Of Cherokee Indians against par-
ties who cut and removed valuable wal
nut timber from Indian laDds in jackson
and Swain counties
Thomas Burns. a negro barber at
Selma. Was shot and perhaps fatally in
iured by Thomas Leavister The latter
was drunk. and going into the shop drew
20 revolver and cody shot Burns in the
forehead. Lcavster is at large. having,
it is said, been given an opportunity by
the deputy sheriff to escape.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19
The Oldest Canal for sale.

4 Harrisburg pa dispatch says
"The Union canal, which Was the first
canal projected on the American CONT
nent, having been suggested by William
Penn IN 1920, and its route surveyed
seventy years later, before there was a
canal in operation even in England, is
10 BE- sod. The route on this canal was
surveyed 10y David Rittenhouse, the as
trOnomor, and DR.. William Smith, pro-
vost OF the University Of Penusy lyania,
in 1852. 1t extended from the Schuyl-
Kill river, near Reading, to the Susquc-
hanna, at the present site Of Middle
town, Dauphin county. 1t was the first
link in o proposed chain Of water COM
munIcation between the Delaware river
and LaAc Erie, Il project 50 gigantic for
that early day, when canals and even
turnpikes were unknown, that the pro-
iectors were believed by the people 10 be
crazy Rittenhouse planned a system Of
inclined planes 10 overcome the Ale
ghany mountains, a plan which was
adopted seyenty-tiye years later by the
State in its old Portage railroad. The
Revolutionary War interrupted work on
the pioneer canal, aud in 1871 Robert
Norris, Robert Fulton, and Tench
Francis became interested in It. The
work was too far in advance of the
times. however, aud it was not completed
until 1877. The canal is cighty-uine
milesin length, and some of the greatest
engineering work Of that day was me-
cessary in its construction The first
tunnel in the United States was bored
for this canal through nearly 500 feet Of
solid rock. and the summit of the canal
being higher than its terminal feeder,
pumping apparatus had to be construct
ed to raise the water to the necessary
height. The canal cost $1,000 10.
Railroad transportation having made
the ancient waterway Improbable, a few
years ago it was abandoned, aud it is
now offered for sale -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19

The DispQtrh is wonderfully popular
and euterprisinQ. It's circulation in these
parts is decidedly larger than any other
two newspapers. In its Sundays issue
the public is regeled with the entertain
ing story of it's early history, changes,
and present ownership The Dispntch
Company has recently purchased one of
Hoes latest improved and well equipped
presses with which $4,000 papers can be
printed, cut and folded every hour. The
Dispatch is great power IN the state,
and we rejoice that this power has re-
Gently been welded so successfully in
the city and country. The influence
which it excrts directly and through the
medium Of other papers is past compu-
tatiOn. -FdrmWHc JO,Uu0i.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19
Ia was Tabled.
[By telegraph 70 the Dispatch.l

by telegraph 70 the Dispatchl
FoSD DIT Lac, Wis, November IS
At u convention of the Union Labor
party OF Wisconsin yesterday W. c.
Behlen, OF Milwaukee, offered n resolu-
ton which set forth "that it is a poor
commentary on American liberty to see
any one condemned TO death or lifelong
Imprisonment for being a mere social
reformer, rs was the case OF the Chicago
Anarchists aud protesting against
further interference on the part Of pub
lie officers in curtailing our constitution
al rights" The resolution was almost
unanimously tabled, the convention not
deeming it Of proper political nature
Ia Lo endorsed
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19

The Washington correspondent Of the
Alexandria G0zcHc writes:

The Washington correspondent Of the
Alexandria Go1cHc writes:
People from Richmond now here
say that General Mahone's family Will
hardly be content IT, live in Virginia
hereafter. and that il is probable the
General before long viii move to this
city and mako it his permanent home.
ie bias large investments here already,
and they say that if not now a millionaire
his Acknowledged business tact here
would make him one in few years.
In that event who would not say;
"Truo p4trio. De. FOR he understood.
Hc loit ris country for his country good"f
Hero is another MALONE item from
the same correspondent:
"Scnator Ridlleberger has not yet
arrived mere. though expected 1t is un-
ter-t,od that if he shall demand the
senatorial patronage now retained by
General Malone IL viii bee given hmm. as
.ho appointing officers OF the Senate,
having their own individual interests IN
81 .w. viii be very much disposed TO con-
slider themselves the secretary and ser
Ccmtat-mms Of acting, not OF ex-sen-
atcrs.'
In word, Mr. RDDLEBERGEE is here
after to dispose Of the patronage which
MAHoyE has succeeded in controlling
uu To- tlis time by making the Republ-
can officials III tine Senate believe before
onr la,e elections TINT he would be re-
elected to tine Senate. We are glad that
8IoD1EarHorE rather than MALONE is
to have the disposition OF the patronage
in question. We trust that it viii not
affect hls votes in the Senate lie Is not
% MALONE If he had been willing to
~cl himself for a little patronage, such
Us that referred 10 above, he would never
have cut loose from MALONE.